Suspenders



Feb. 11, 1947. BERRY v 2,415,725

SUSPENDER Filed Jan. 22, 1945 Patented Feb. 11, 1947 2 Claims.

This invention relates to garment supporters, and more particularly to supporters of the suspenders type used in supporting trousers, the primary object of the invention being to provide suspenders to be worn between the undershirt and outershirt, the suspenders having means for maintaining the shirt in spaced relation with the body of the wearer, thereby providing ventilation between the undershirt and outershirt, for the comfort of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide suspenders having pivoted shirt engaging members adjacent to the rear end thereof, the shirt engaging members being constructed of substantially rigid material and mounted to swing upwardly and rest flat against the body of the wearer, eliminating discomfort to the wearer while seated in a chair.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view of one of the straps of suspenders, constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged side elevational view of one of the pivoted spacing members, forming a part of the suspender, as viewed from line 33, Figure 1. I

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an elevational view of a modified form of spacing member, and taken as viewed from line 55 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the suspenders comprise a pair of shoulder straps having suitable means at their ends, whereby the straps may be secured to the trouser suspender buttons, or to a, belt when preferred. Since these straps are identical, only one strap will be described in detail.

The reference character 5 indicates a suspender strap which is preferably constructed of suitable webmaterial having elastic qualities, to permit the strap to readily flex and yield under strains directed thereto, and caused by the movement of the body.

Disposed adjacent to the end of the strap 5,

2 are spacers 6 which are secured in position on the strap, and spaced therefrom bymeans of the blocks 2 which are constructed of sponge rubber material.

Adjacent to the rear end of the strap is a movable spacer 8 which normally lies in its outermost position as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing, but is capable of moving into engagement with the strap 15, when pressure is brought to bear thereagainst.

The reference character 9 indicates an elon gated spacer which is pivotally connected to the strap by means of the securing members iil which are constructed of suitable material, to hold the elongated spacer 9 in its extended position as shown by Figure 2 of the drawing. A block indicated by the reference character H, is arranged adjacent to one end of the spacer 9 and is adapted to provide a stop for the securing member iii adjacent to the block, to prevent the elongated spacer ii from moving too far over the strap- 5 in one direction.

One end of the elongated spacer 9 is provided with a tongue l2 which is adapted to be extended into any one Of the openings 53 formed adjacent to one end of the strap, to adjust the elongated spacer i! with respect to the strap 5.

Secured to the elongated spacer 9, and arranged in spaced relation in respect to each other, are spacing members M which are designed to rest against the shirt under which they are positioned, to hold the shirt spaced from the body. A rubber block it is disposed adjacent to the secured end of the spacer 8, and restricts upward swinging movement of the spacer 5 at this end of the main strap 5.

It is also contemplated to use spacers such as shown at I5 in which case the spacers are disklike in formation and are secured in position by mean-s of the coiled springs it.

Still another form of spacer is indicated by the reference character H which has one of its ends secured to the strap 5, and has a cross piece it secured at the outer or free end thereof. In the use of suspenders as described, the straps are positioned over the shoulders of the wearer and are crossed in the back as usual.

The suspenders, as previously stated, are worn between the undershirt and outershirt, the spacers carried by the straps contacting the outer shirt to hold the outer shirt in spaced relation with the body of the wearer, for ventilating purposes.

The tabs of the suspender straps are secured over the buttons of the trousers which are usually provided for the suspenders, and on positioning the straps over the buttons, portions of the outershirt overlying the buttons, are gripped by the ends of the suspender straps, thereby providing suspender which are invisible.

Instead of securing the ends of the straps of the suspenders, to the suspender buttons of trousers, it may be desirable to secure the end of the straps to a belt.

A hown by Figure 5, the spacer 8' is formed of a length or" semi-rigid material, the free end thereof being folded upon itself.

From the foregoing it will be seen due to the construction described and shown, I have provided suspenders which are worn between the undershirt and outershirt of clothing to provide an air space between the undershirt and outershirt, for ventilating and cooling purposes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. Suspenders embodying a main strap having openings adapted to be secured over suspender buttons, said main strap also having spaced openings formed therein, an elongated spacing memher yieldably secured to the main suspender strap 4 pender strap, transversely disposed spacer members secured to the elongated spacing member and adapted to engage the shirt under which the spacing members are positioned, holding the shirt spaced from the body of the wearer.

2. Suspenders embodying a, main strap having opening adapted to be secured over suspender buttons, an elongated spacing member constructed of semi-rigid material, yieldably secured to the main suspender strap, in spaced relation therewith, transversely disposed spacer members secured to the elongated spacing member and adapted to engage the shirt under which the spacing members are positioned, holding the shirt spaced from the body of the wearer, and adjusting means for varying the distance between the spacing members and the main strap.

MARVIN S. BERRY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 715,931 Adams Dec. 16, 1902 207,211 Scheu Aug. 20, 1878 776,003 Wellman Nov. 29, 1904 1,571,151 Wehr Jan. 26, 1926 

